SEWERS Chapter 111 SEWERS ARTICLE I Public Sewer Systems 111-1. Title. 111-2. Purpose. 111-3. Definitions and word usage. 111-4. Use limitations and charges. 111-5. Materials and substances excluded from public sewers. 111-6. Toxic substances prohibited or accepted conditionally. 111-7. Disposition of industrial wastes. 111-8. Terms and conditions for the issuance of permits or licenses. 111-9. Powers and authority of inspectors. 111-10. Malicious damage. 111-11. Use of public sewer required. 111-12. Single-family or two-family residence permit. 111-13. Business and Technology District permit. 111-14. Commercial Low Traffic District permit. 111-15. Issuance and use of sewer permits. 111-16. Administrative procedures. 111-17. Penalties for offenses; enforcement. Appendix A: Sewer Unit Exchange Appendix B: Sewer Rules and Regulations ARTICLE II Sewer Rents 111-18. Title. 111-19. Purpose. 111-20. Applicability. 111-21. Rents for property owners connected with Village of Lansing water system. 111-22. Rents for property owners not connected with Village of Lansing water system. 111-23. Sewer Rent Fund. [HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lansing: Art. I, 9-15-1981 as L.L. No. 4-1981; Art. II, 9-23-1982 as L.L. No. 3-1982. Amendments noted where applicable.] September 2017 111001
VILLAGE OF LANSING CODE ARTICLE I Public Sewer Systems [Adopted 9-15-1981 as L.L. No. 4-1981] 111-1. Title. This Article shall be known as the "Village of Lansing Sewer Law." 111-2. Purpose. The purposes of this Article are specifically stated as follows: A. To permit the discharge into the sanitary sewers of the Village of Lansing sewer system or tributaries thereto of sanitary sewage and normal sewage. B. To prohibit excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates of flow of sewage and wastes into the Village of Lansing sewer system. C. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes of a flammable nature or which create in any way a poisonous or hazardous environment for sewage maintenance and operation personnel. D. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may cause maintenance difficulties in the trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators and other structures and appurtenances to the Village of Lansing sewer system and public sewers tributary thereto. E. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may create operating difficulties at the water pollution control plants as they now exist or may be constructed, modified or improved in the future. F. To prohibit and/or regulate by permit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which require treatment at the plants and greater expenditures than are required for equal volumes of normal sewage and to surcharge users for permitted contributions requiring treatment beyond normal sewage. G. To require the treatment, before introduction into the Village of Lansing sewer system, of such wastes as may otherwise impair the strength and/or durability of the structures appurtenant to the system, by direct or indirect chemical action, or interfere with the normal treatment processes. H. To provide the authority and procedure for the Village of Lansing to promulgate rules, to investigate and prepare findings of facts, to issue permits, to hold hearings, to make decisions, orders and opinions and to give notice and make public all rules and decisions affecting substantial rights of persons or property. I. To protect the public health and to prevent nuisances. 111-3. Definitions and word usage. A. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in these rules and regulations shall be as follows: September 2017 111002
SEWERS BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand") -- The laboratory determination of the total quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter or in satisfying the oxygen demand of other materials present during incubation for a given time and at a specified temperature. It is commonly reported as milligrams per liter of oxygen used in a period of five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20 C.). 1 Chlorine demand -- The difference between the amount of chlorine added to water, sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine remaining at the end of a fifteen-minute contact period at room temperature. It is expressed in milligrams per liter. 2 COD (denoting "chemical oxygen demand") -- The oxygen equivalent of that portion of the organic matter in a sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant. The determination is made by the dichromate reduction by oxidizable organic matter measured as the oxygen equivalent proportion of the dichromate consumed, expressed as milligrams per liter. Contested case -- A proceeding, including but not restricted to rate making, surcharging and issuance of permits, in which the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are required by law to be determined by the Village of Lansing after an opportunity for hearing. Control manhole -- An accessible manhole at the connection between an industrial building sewer and the public sewer. It shall be constructed to provide for sampling, measuring and observation of industrial flows. Cooling water -- The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD or suspended solids in excess of ten (10) milligrams per liter, toxic substances as limited elsewhere herein, prohibited materials as listed under 111-5B or cause thermal pollution of the receiving waters. Department of Health -- The Tompkins County Department of Health. 3 Garbage -- Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, the handling, storage and sale of produce, and from the packaging and canning of food. Grease or fats -- Any material which is extractable from an acidified sample of a waste by hexane or other designated solvent. Industrial wastes -- Any liquid, gaseous or solid substance or a combination thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from the development or recovery of any natural resources. Normal sewage: (1) Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, which when analyzed show by weight the following characteristics: (a) BOD two thousand five hundred (2,500) pounds per million gallons [three hundred (300) milligrams per liter] or less; 1 Editor's Note: The definition of the term "Administrative Board," which immediately preceded this definition, was deleted at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. 2 Editor's Note: The definition of the term "combined sewer," which immediately followed this definition, was deleted at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. 3 Editor's Note: The definition of the term "Department of Public Works," which immediately followed this definition, was deleted at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. September 2017 111003
VILLAGE OF LANSING CODE (b) Chlorine demand two hundred eight (208) pounds per million gallons [twenty-five (25) milligrams per liter] or less; (c) COD five thousand (5,000) pounds per million gallons [six hundred (600) milligrams per liter] or less; (d) Suspended solids two thousand five hundred (2,500) pounds per million gallons [three hundred (300) milligrams per liter] or less; (e) Phosphate as phosphorus two hundred fifty (250) pounds per million gallons [thirty (30) milligrams per liter] or less. (2) The values for these characteristics are subject to revision by the Village of Lansing. The Village of Lansing may also add values for other characteristics if such action becomes appropriate and applicable to the treatment or transportation of sewage. Other wastes -- Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, eggshells, coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder, ashes and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial wastes. P (phosphate) -- The concentration of phosphate as phosphorus expressed in milligrams per liter. Party -- Each person or agency named or admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party. Petroleum hydrocarbons -- That portion of the total extractable grease or fats as defined in this section which is not retained on an activated alumina absorption column after elutriating with hexane. Permit -- A license issued to allow the use of a Village of Lansing sewer system for specific wastes over a limited period of time. Person -- Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, institution or group. ph -- The negative logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity of the ph scale running from zero point zero (0.0) to fourteen point zero (14.0). A ph value of seven point zero (7.0), the midpoint of the scale, represents neutrality. Values above seven point zero (7.0) represent alkaline conditions and those below seven point zero (7.0) represent acid conditions. Properly shredded garbage -- The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensation of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle having a dimension greater than one-fourth (1/4) inch in any dimension. Public sewer -- The sewers, manholes, intercepting sewers, sewage pumping, treatment and disposal works and any other plant, works or equipment and accessories within any municipality that discharges its sewage and liquid into a Village of Lansing sewer system. Receiving waters -- A natural watercourse or body of water into which treated sewage is discharged. Rule -- Each statement of general applicability that implements, interprets or prescribes law or policy or describes the organization, procedure or practice requirements of the Village of Lansing. The term includes the amendment or repeal of a prior rule. Sanitary sewage -- Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels but not commercial kitchens September 2017 111004
SEWERS therein), office buildings, factories, institutions and filter backwash from swimming pools. Sanitary sewer -- A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwaters, surface waters and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted. Scavenger wastes -- The matter collected from privies, septic tanks, cesspools and chemical toilets, camper and marine holding tanks, sludge from biological treatment of industrial wastes and other domestic waste collection devices. Sewage -- A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be inadvertently present. The admixture of sewage as above defined with industrial wastes or other wastes also shall be considered sewage within the meaning of this definition. Sewage treatment plant (water pollution control plant) -- Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage and industrial wastes; the handling of sludge resulting from such treatment; and the discharge of treated effluent into a designated body of water. Sewer -- A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage. Sewerage surcharge -- The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage treatment plant for handling any sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal sewage. Sewerage system -- All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping and transporting sewage to the sewage treatment plant. Slug -- Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in volume of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than five (5) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal operation. Storm sewer (storm drain) -- A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than cooling waters and unpolluted waters. Suspended solids -- The laboratory determination of the dry weight expressed in milligrams per liter of solids that either float on the surface, are in suspension in sewage or are settleable and can be removed from sewage by filtration under approved conditions of analysis. Toxic substances -- Any substance whether gaseous, liquid or solid which, when discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, will be detrimental to the sewer system, interfere with any biological sewage treatment process or constitute a hazard to human beings or animals or inhibit aquatic life or create a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from a sewage treatment plant. Village sewer -- Any sewer owned by the Village of Lansing. Village sewer system -- The trunk sewers, collection sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage treatment plants and other appurtenant structures either owned or leased by the Village of Lansing. B. The term "shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive. September 2017 111005
111-4. Use limitations and charges. VILLAGE OF LANSING CODE A. The use of Village and public sewers tributary thereto shall be strictly limited and restricted, except as provided in Subsection B hereof, to receive and accept the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes and other wastes generated on, or discharged from, real property lying within the bounds of any Village of Lansing sewer district as established and altered, changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined and/or consolidated by action of the Lansing Village Board. B. The discharge of sewage, industrial wastes and other wastes generated on or discharged from real property lying outside the bounds of any Village of Lansing sewer district into a Village of Lansing sewer and public sewers tributary thereto shall be made only with express consent and a contract awarded by the Village of Lansing and upon the issuance of a permit setting forth the terms and conditions for such discharge. C. All requirements, directives and orders calling for the mandatory use of the Village of Lansing sewers or public sewers tributary thereto for the proper discharge of sewage, industrial wastes and other wastes shall be established by the Village Board of Trustees in accordance with these rules, regulations and law, and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Tompkins County Department of Health, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or other State or federal agencies having jurisdiction. 4 D. The Village Board of Trustees, after examination and inquiry into the past and projected future annual sewer operating costs, and all matters related thereto, shall on an annual basis determine and set the formula for computing the sewer rent and use charges to be imposed upon users of the Village sewer system. 5 and 6 111-5. Materials and substances excluded from public sewers. A. Exclusion of unpolluted waters. No person shall discharge or provide a connection for discharging or draining into any Village of Lansing sewer system or public sewer tributary any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process water, nor drain any catch basin, lake, swamp, pond or swimming pool, except with the permission of the Village Engineer evidenced by a properly issued permit. B. Prohibited materials, substances and wastes. Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged or allow to run, leak or escape into any public sewer, pipe, channel, sewer appurtenance or waterway connecting with any public sewer or into any private sewer connected with a public sewer any of the following described materials, substances or wastes, except such small quantities as may be present in normal household wastes. (1) Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil, alcohols or other flammable or explosive liquid, solids or gases. 4 Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. 5 Editor's Note: See Article II of this chapter, Sewer Rents. 6 Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. September 2017 111006
SEWERS (2) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases. See 111-6. (3) Any water or wastes having a ph lower than five point five (5.5) or having a ph higher than ten point zero (10.0) or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or the sewer system or personnel employed in its operation. (4) Construction materials, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, wood, paunch manure, coffee grounds, fur, wax, cement, hops, spent grain, whole blood, filter media or any solids or viscous substances capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewer system. (5) Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process or to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to create a public nuisance or to create any hazards in the receiving waters of a sewage treatment plant effluent. C. Possible exclusion of certain materials and substances. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes found to harm the sewer system structures, the sewage treatment process or the equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream or would endanger life, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance. The criteria used in forming these rules of the Village of Lansing include such factors as the quantities of said wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials or construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, the capacity of the sewage treatment facilities and the likelihood of harm, injury or nuisance. The characteristics of the effluent subject to review will be determined from the sampled wastewater collected at a control manhole prior to entering the public sewers. The substances, materials or wastes prohibited in the first instance, but subject to review by the Village of Lansing are: (1) Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than one hundred five degrees Fahrenheit (105 F.). (2) Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of one hundred (100) milligrams per liter, or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two degrees and one hundred five degrees Fahrenheit (32 and 105 F.). (3) Any garbage that has not been properly shredded or triturated. The installation and operation of garbage grinders equipped with a motor greater than three-fourth (3/4) horsepower shall be by permit issued by the Village Engineer. (4) Any water or wastes containing strong acid metal pickling wastes or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not. (5) Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances. See 111-6. (6) Any water or wastes containing phenols or other taste-producing or odorproducing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which shall be established by the Village Engineer as necessary, after treatment of the September 2017 111007
VILLAGE OF LANSING CODE composite sewage to meet the requirements of the State, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters. (7) Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Village Engineer in compliance with applicable State or federal regulations. See 111-7B. (8) Materials which contain or cause: (a) Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids, such as, but not limited to, Fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues, or of dissolved solids, such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride and sodium sulfate. (b) Excessive discoloration at the treatment plant or in the receiving waters, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions. (c) Unusual biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD) or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant additional load on the sewage treatment (d) works, except as provided for under 111-16. Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting slugs as defined herein. (9) Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction in concentration by the sewage treatment plant processes employed, or are amenable to treatment only to such a degree that the sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters. D. Action by the Village of Lansing. The Village of Lansing, after a hearing, shall either prevent the discharge of unacceptable water and wastes or issue a permit which is properly conditioned upon findings and the standards of safety prescribed by this Article or the rules of the Village of Lansing. The rules of the Village of Lansing shall include surcharges, pretreatment requirements, control over quantities or rates of discharge, time of discharge and holding facilities and any measure or combination of measures which are necessary to preserve the sewer system, its structures and equipment, and the health, safety and well being of the employees, the community and the biota of the receiving waters. E. Emergency action by the Village Engineer. In the event of any discharge which, in the belief of the Village Engineer, will cause serious, imminent harm, injury or adverse effect on the sewer system structures or equipment, or to any persons or to the biota of the receiving waters, the Village Engineer shall take any temporary action necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare without a prior hearing. Review of any emergency action by a hearing will be accomplished without delay to determine what, if any, permanent restriction is necessary. The Village Engineer, acting upon the belief that an emergency exists, shall be indemnified against any personal liability that may arise in the performance of his duties to protect the public health, safety or welfare of the Village of Lansing in accordance with Chapter 11, Defense and Indemnification, of this Code. 7 7 Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. September 2017 111008
SEWERS 111-6. Toxic substances prohibited or accepted conditionally. A. Toxic substances and pathogenic bacteria. Waters bearing toxic substances above the standard set for normal sewage or pathogenic bacteria shall not be discharged into the Village sewer system or public sewers tributary thereto and their discharge is prohibited unless the rules of the Village of Lansing determine that such concentration will not adversely affect any of the biochemical, chemical or other sewage treatment process or sewage system. The following is a partial list of toxic substances and pathogenic bacteria: (1) Antibiotics. (2) Elemental bromine, iodine, chlorine, fluorine. (3) Creosols or creosotes. (4) Phenol and phenolic compounds that convert to phenol in the sewage system. (5) Sulfonamides, toxic dyes (organic or mineral). (6) Beryllium and beryllium compounds. (7) All strong oxidizing agents such as chromates, dichromates, permanganates, peroxides, etc. (8) Any strong reducing agents causing hazardous conditions in the sewage system. (9) Chemical compounds producing toxic, flammable or explosive gases, either upon acidification, alkalinization, oxidation or reduction. (10) Wastes from industrial processes or hospital procedures containing viable pathogenic organisms. B. Permissible concentrations of toxic substances 8. The concentration in sewage of any of the following toxic substances shall not exceed the concentration limits specified below when discharged into the sewer. The Village of Lansing may revise these limits or insert additional items after a hearing in any event that a change is necessary or appropriate. The following list contains the permitted toxic substances and levels of concentration and establishes limits for various toxic substances to regulate industrial discharges at the point of entry into the municipal collection system: 8 Editor s Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. September 2017 111009
VILLAGE OF LANSING CODE Parameter Effluent Concentration Limits (mg/1) 30-Day Average 24-Hour Average Cadmium 0.2 0.4 Hex Chromium 0.1 0.2 Total Chromium 2.0 4.0 Copper 0.4 0.8 Lead 0.1 0.2 Mercury 0.1 0.2 Nickel 1.6 3.2 Zinc 0.6 1.2 Arsenic 0.1 0.2 Available chlorine 50.0 50.0 Cyanide-free 0.2 0.4 Cyanide-complex 0.8 1.6 Selenium 0.1 0.2 Sulfide 3.0 6.0 Barium 2.0 4.0 Manganese 2.0 4.0 Gold 0.1 0.2 Silver 0.1 0.2 Fluorides- To fresh water 2.0 4.0 To saline water 18.0 36.0 Phenol.002 Aluminum 0.5 Iron 0.1 C. Special concentration limits. When findings of the Village of Lansing Board of Trustees show that the volume of a single toxic industrial waste discharge or the combined toxic industrial waste discharge of a group of industries within a single contributory area is so large as to raise a question of the ultimate concentration of toxic substances entering a treatment plant; or in cases where it is known that the toxic substances in the concentrations involved will be effectively removed by the treatment works without causing deleterious effects of any kind to the treatment process, or the receiving waters, the Village of Lansing may rule that separate or special concentration limits shall be used by the contributors in that area. 9 D. Emergency action by the Village Engineer. (1) For any discharge which, in the belief of the Village Engineer, will cause serious, imminent harm, injury or adverse effect on the sewer system structures or equipment or to any persons or to the biota of the receiving waters, the Village Engineer shall take any temporary action necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare without a prior hearing or order of the Village Board. 9 Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. September 2017 111010
SEWERS (2) Review of any emergency action by a hearing will be accomplished without delay to determine what, if any, permanent restriction is necessary. The Village Engineer, acting upon the belief that an emergency exists, shall be indemnified against any personal liability that may arise in the performance of duties to protect the public health, safety or welfare of the Village of Lansing. 111-7. Disposition of industrial wastes. A. Industrial wastes requiring a permit. The following are industries whose wastes shall require pretreatment and/or approval before discharge into public sewer: bleaching and dyeing, bottling, brewing, cotton textile manufacture or processing, dairies, dairy products, distilling, fat rendering, film processing, food processing, galvanizing, glue manufacturing, laundromats, lens grinding operations, manufacture of syrups, jams or jellies, meat packing, metal pickling or plating, munition manufacturing, oil refining, optical goods manufacturing, photographic processing, public laundering, pulp and papermaking, rubber productions, salt works, slaughterhouses, soap making, sugar refining, tanning, wool scouring or washing or any industry producing wastes with strong acid or alkaline reactions or which will form deposits in or cause damage to the sewers or to appurtenances of sewage treatment works. The process or processes employed in the pretreatment of such wastes shall in each case conform to the rules and directives of the Village of Lansing and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended. 10 B. Radioactive wastes. Any institution or industry discharging radioactive material or fission products must be registered with the Village of Lansing as well as with other regulatory agencies as the law requires. The registration shall include all copies of State and federal permits governing the waste discharge. The active elements and the local concentrations permitted to be discharged into the public sewers shall be in conformance with State Sanitary Code, Chapter I, Part 16, Sections 16.7 and 16.8, promulgated under the Public Health Law and be at all times within the limits set by this and other County, State or federal agencies. 11 C. When permit shall be required. Whenever any industrial waste is produced in such quantities as will, in the opinion of the Village of Lansing, injure the public sewers into which they may be discharged or adversely affect the treatment of sewage, or which does not yield readily to treatment by processes employed in the sewage treatment works, such discharge will not be permitted into the public sewers without a permit. 111-8. Terms and conditions for the issuance of permits or licenses. A. Power to inspect. All users of the Village of Lansing sewer system or any public tributary sewer are deemed to have consented to inspection necessary for the orderly administration of this sewer use law. Inspections will be accomplished during hours of operation or at periods of sewer use with or without notice to the users, and inspections shall be calculated to measure the characteristics of 10 Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. 11 Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. September 2017 111011
VILLAGE OF LANSING CODE the discharge waters and wastes discharged into the sewer system. The power to inspect will be exercised in accordance with 111-9 of this Article. B. Permits when required. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge directly or indirectly into public sewers or into any private sewer, sewage combined with industrial wastes, or industrial wastes or other wastes, the characteristics of which in combination do not conform to the concentration limits prescribed for normal sewage under 111-3 herein, or to discharge any toxic substances or any other objectionable material or substances as specified under 111-3, 111-5, 111-6 and 111-7 herein, except upon such terms and conditions as set forth in the permit issued under the established rules of the Village of Lansing. C. Applications for permits 12. All applicants for a permit to discharge sewage combined with industrial wastes or other wastes into public sewers shall fill outand file with the Village Code Enforcement Officer or Clerk, who will review the item for completeness and forward it to the Superintendent of Public Works, who will make his recommendations and then forward the application to the Village of Lansing Board of Trustees or appropriate branch within his organization for action, an application provided by the Village of Lansing as a prerequisite for issuance of a permit. All information required by the Village of Lansing shall be furnished by the applicant. The following is a partial list of information to be furnished by the applicant: (1) The plot of the property showing accurately all sewers, drains and house connections. (2) Plans and specifications covering any proposed changes to be performed under the permit. (3) A complete schedule of all process waters and industrial wastes produced or expected to be produced at said property or premises, including a description of the character of each waste, the daily volume and maximum rates of discharge and representative analyses. (4) The name and address of the person or firm who will be responsible for the performance of the work to be covered by the permit. D. Terms and conditions. (1) The Village of Lansing may require the terms and conditions as follows to be imposed in the issuance of the permit: (a) A limitation upon the volume of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, the rate of flow permitted and/or the time of discharge from the premises. (b) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of facilities or equipment for intermittent or continuous flow and/or quality measurements of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes discharged from the premises into a public sewer. (c) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of detention tanks or other facilities or equipment for reducing the maximum rates of discharge of sewage to such a percentage of the twenty-four-hour rate as shall be required. (d) The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of such preliminary treatment facilities as shall be required. 12 Editor s Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. September 2017 111012
(e) (f) (g) (i) (j) SEWERS The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of a suitable control sampling manhole or manholes in any sewer discharging to a public sewer and carrying such sewage. The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at his own expense, of grease, oil and sand interceptors, separators or traps that are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing such substances in excessive quantities or any flammable waste or other harmful ingredients. The submission to and approval by the Village Engineer of the plans for any of the facilities or equipment required to be installed and maintained by the permittee. Such other terms and conditions as may be necessary to protect the sewerage system and water pollution control facilities and to carry out the intent and provisions of these regulations. Such terms and conditions may also provide that subsequent to the commencement of operation of any preliminary treatment facilities, periodic reports shall be made by the permittee to the Village Engineer setting forth adequate data upon which the acceptability of the sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes after treatment may be determined. The period of these reports will be determined by the Village Engineer. Where preliminary or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any water or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the permittee (or owner) at his expense. (2) A violation of the permit shall be cause for revocation or suspension of the permit after a hearing and determination by the Village of Lansing or if the violation is found to be within the emergency powers of the Village Engineer under 111-5E or 111-6D, the revocation is immediate upon receipt of notice; however, a hearing shall be held without delay. E. Sampling and testing wastes. Whenever sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes are believed to have characteristics other than prescribed for sanitary sewage as defined in 111-3 herein, or are believed to contain toxic substances or other material or substances excluded from public sewers pursuant to this Article, are discharged into public sewers from any premises, the Village Engineer shall have the power to take samples and make tests necessary to determine the nature and concentration of such wastes and shall have the right to reassess his determination by taking samples and tests at any time or by periodic rechecks without notice to the person discharging such wastes: (1) Samples shall be taken and flow measurements made at the control manhole or manholes which are specifically identified with the user unit. (2) In the event that a control manhole or manholes have not been required, the samples shall be taken at a suitable and accessible point or points to be selected by the Village Engineer and specifically identified with the user unit. (3) An aliquot portion of the sample(s) taken will be made available to the person whose premises are being tested if he so requests. F. Control manholes. When required by rules of the Village of Lansing, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall September 2017 111013
VILLAGE OF LANSING CODE install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole shall be accessibly and safely located, and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times. G. Measurement and analyses of wastes. All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this Article shall be determined in accordance with latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water published by the American Public Health Association or any other method certified as accurate by the Village Engineer and shall be determined upon samples from said control manhole or other approved access points. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewerage system and water pollution control facilities and to determine the existence of hazard to life, limb and property. If a permit is to be issued, sampling should be performed in such a manner that the portion of the flow obtained is typical and representative of the waste discharge. H. Determination of pollutant concentration. (1) The pollutant concentration of any sewage, industrial waste or other wastes shall be determined from representative samples of the effluent discharged to public sewers, taken by the Village of Lansing at sampling stations as described under Subsection D or E of this section, at any period or time and of such duration and in such manner as the Village Engineer may elect, or at any place or manner mutually agreed upon between the person and the Village Engineer. The intent of any sampling procedure is to establish the pollutant concentration in the sewage discharged during an average or typical working day. This concentration may be derived according to the best judgment of the Village Engineer by combination of repeated sub-samplings during any one (1) day, by combination of a series of such days or by combination of a number of multiple samples. The analysis of samples taken shall be performed in a laboratory designated by the Village Engineer of the Village of Lansing and the surcharge and/or the acceptability of the wastes shall be determined from said analysis. (2) All charges shall be based on the analysis of the wastes from any plant or premises related to total volume of wastes as determined under Subsection H(1) of this section. The concentration of pollutants in sewage, industrial waste or other waste once determined as prescribed under Subsection G of this section shall be used in calculating the sewer surcharge in accordance with the billing procedure of the Village of Lansing for the collection of charges and shall remain in effect until the person shall prove or the Village shall determine that a change in the manufacturing process, production or waste treatment of said company warrants a reanalysis for the determination of a new pollutant concentration of its wastes discharged from such premises into the public sewer system. The new pollutant concentration shall then be used in calculating new charges and shall become effective as of the date of the subsequent billing period. (3) Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions and procedures as outlined in this Subsection H shall be used for user charge calculations September 2017 111014
SEWERS and shall not be used for the determination of pollutant concentration for permit compliance. I. Volume determination. The Village Engineer may use, as the figure representing the number of cubic feet and/or gallons of sewage discharged into the sewer system: (1) The amount of water supplied to the premises as shown upon the water meter if the premises are metered; (2) If the premises are supplied wholly or in part with other sources, including but not limited to wells, rivers or lake waters, metering devices shall be installed, at the owner's expense, for measuring the volume of water used for the purpose of computing waste discharges from these sources and for billing purposes; (3) If such premises are used for an industrial or commercial purpose of such nature that the water supplied to the premises cannot be entirely discharged into the sewer system, the estimate of the amount of sewage discharged into the sewer system made by the Village Engineer; (4) The number of cubic feet of sewage discharged into the sewer system as determined by measurements and samples taken at a manhole installed by the owner of the property served by the public sewer system, at his own expense, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the permit issued pursuant to 111-8 of this Article; or (5) A figure determined by the Village Engineer by any combination of the foregoing or by any other equitable method. J. Pollutant concentration disputed by a person. In the event that the pollutant concentration of the waste discharged from a premise to a public sewer as determined under Subsection H of this section is disputed by a person, a program of resampling and gauging with subsequent chemical determination may be instituted as follows: (1) The person must submit a request for resampling and gauging of the wastes to the Village Engineer, and bind himself to bear all of the expenses incurred by the Village in the resampling and gauging and subsequent analysis of the wastes. (2) A consultant or agency of recognized professional standing in the employment of the person must confer with representatives of the Village Engineer in order that an agreement may be reached as to the various factors which must be considered in a new sampling program. (3) The consultant or agency of recognized professional standing employed by the person must be present or represented during the resampling operation. (4) Resampling must be performed when all waste producing processes are contributing wastes of normal concentrations at their normal rate. (5) The results of the resampling and the reanalysis in a laboratory designated by the Village Engineer shall be considered to be the current analysis of the wastes discharged to the public sewer system and shall be used for determining the surcharge and/or acceptability of the wastes. September 2017 111015
VILLAGE OF LANSING CODE 111-9. Powers and authority of inspectors. A. As provided under 111-8A, the Village Engineer and his duly authorized representatives and duly authorized and identified employees of the USEPA and NYSDEC may enter upon private lands for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions of this Article. The Village Engineer or his representatives shall have no authority to inquire into any processes used in any industrial operation beyond that point having a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or the on-site facilities for waste treatment. B. While performing the necessary work on private lands referred to in this section above, the Village Engineer or his duly authorized representatives shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises as established by the owner and/or occupant of the premises, and the owner and/or occupant shall be held harmless for injury or death to the Village employees, and the Village of Lansing shall indemnify the owner and/or occupant against loss or damage to their property by Village employees and against liability claims and demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the owner and/or occupant and growing out of the gauging and sampling operations except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the owner and/or the occupant to maintain safe conditions as required in 111-8D and F. C. Refusal to permit the entry upon private lands required to perform the necessary work referred to in this section shall be punishable by such penalties as may be prescribed under 111-17 of this Article. 111-10. Malicious damage. 13 Any persons who maliciously, willfully or recklessly break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the Village system or public sewer tributary thereto shall be in violation of this Article and Article 145 of the Penal Law. 111-11. Use of public sewer required. A. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the owner of any house, building or property used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, commerce, manufacturing or other purposes situate within the Village of Lansing and abutting on any street, thoroughfare or right-of-way for which there is located a public sewer, or if such public sewer is otherwise available or accessible to such house, building or property, is hereby required at his expense to connect with such public sewer and, also, at his expense, to install suitable plumbing and facilities therein and to connect such facilities directly with the public sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Article. B. Except as otherwise provided herein, such connection must be made within forty-five (45) days after being so notified in writing by the Village of Lansing, 13 Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. September 2017 111016
SEWERS except that any new building or construction completed after the date on which such public sewer becomes available for connection shall be connected to such public sewer prior to occupancy or use of such building. C. Connection prior to expiration of three (3) years. (1) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no house or building which is connected to a private sewage disposal system when the public sewer becomes available in or through any sewer district heretofore or hereafter established shall be required to connect with any such public sewer until the expiration of three (3) years after such public sewer becomes available for connection, unless: (a) Such connection is required prior thereto by the Tompkins County Health Department or other public body or agency having similar (b) jurisdiction; or Such private sewage disposal facilities are not functioning satisfactorily or require substantial alterations or additions thereto. (2) In either of the foregoing cases, a written notice shall be served upon the owner or occupant of any such building by the Tompkins County Health Department or the Village of Lansing or its duly authorized agent, which shall set forth the reasons requiring connection to the public sewer, and such connection must be made by any such owner or occupant within forty-five (45) days after the date of any such notice. D. No new house or building shall be connected to the public sewer unless a valid building permit has been issued for the construction of said house or building. E. Variance or modification of requirements. [Added 2-5-1986 by L.L. No. 1-1986] (1) Where there are unnecessary hardships in meeting the time requirements set forth hereinabove in this Article, the Board of Trustees has the power to vary or modify the application of any of such time requirements so that the intent of this Article is observed, the public health, safety and welfare secured and substantial justice done. (2) Any person seeking such a variance or modification of the time requirements set forth hereinabove in this Article may make application to the Board of Trustees for a variance or modification of such requirement as follows: (a) (b) (c) (d) Such application shall be made in writing and directed to the Board of Trustees. Such application shall be accompanied by certification in writing by either the Tompkins County Health Department or a qualified septic contractor that the existing private sewage system serving the premises for which the application is being made is operating properly and is not creating or resulting in a health hazard of any kind. Such application shall set forth the specific hardship or hardships including any economic hardship or hardships claimed by the applicant as resulting from the imposition of the time requirements otherwise set forth herein above in this Article. Such application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in the sum of fifty dollars ($50.). September 2017 111017
VILLAGE OF LANSING CODE (3) Upon receipt of such application, the Board of Trustees shall notify the applicant of the date, time and place of the Board of Trustees' meeting at which such application shall be heard. The applicant shall be entitled to appear at such date, time and place for the purposes of speaking to the Board of Trustees in support of the applicant's application. (4) The Board of Trustees, at least ten (10) days before the meeting at which any such application shall be heard, shall mail notice thereof to the Tompkins County Health Department advising such Tompkins County Health Department of the application so made and the date, time and place at which it will be heard. The Board of Trustees may consider any written or oral evidence submitted with respect to such application by the Tompkins County Health Department. (5) The Board of Trustees must decide on such application within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Village of such application and all required accompanying documents and fee. (6) Any extension granted by the Board of Trustees upon such application shall be for a period not exceeding six (6) months. In the event that the applicant desires any further variance or modification upon the expiration of any previous variance or modification granted hereunder, such applicant shall make renewed application therefor in accordance with all of the terms, provisions and requirements set forth hereinabove, including the required certification and fee. 111-12. Single-family or two-family residence permit. [Added 5-3-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988 14 ] A. Single-family or two-family residence: permit not available. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, and subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, the connection of improvements consisting of a single-family residence or two-family residence to a private sewage disposal system shall be permitted where a public sewer main or a main intended to be a public sewer main exists in the street or road right-of-way abutting the property upon which such improvements are located or such public sewer main or main intended to be public is otherwise available to such property, but connection of such improvements to such public sewer main or sewer main intended to be public is not possible because a sewer permit cannot be obtained due to the unavailability of sewer treatment capacity to the Village of Lansing. Such connection to a private sewage disposal system shall be permitted only upon the following terms and conditions: (1) Any and all governmental approvals and permits required for the installation of such private sewage disposal system, including but not limited to the approval of the Tompkins County Health Department, shall have been obtained. (2) The parcel upon which such private sewage disposal system is to be installed shall meet the minimum lot size requirements under Chapter 145, Zoning, or, if it does not meet such minimum lot size requirements: 14 Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. September 2017 111018